New Insights into the Association between Fibrinogen and Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability: An Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Study.

Jun WangLu JiaXing LiSiyu JinXiaomei LiFen LiuChunfang ShanYu ZhangYi-Ning Yang

Published in: Cardiovascular therapeutics (2019)

Diabetes, higher BMI, and ACS are independently associated with coronary vulnerability as detected by OCT. Serum fibrinogen was not associated with coronary vulnerability in our cohort.

Keyphrases

coronary artery
coronary artery disease
climate change
optical coherence tomography
type diabetes
diabetic retinopathy
cardiovascular disease
acute coronary syndrome
aortic stenosis
body mass index
glycemic control
adipose tissue
left ventricular
physical activity
aortic valve
ejection fraction
skeletal muscle